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Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state located in South America. The country takes up 5,128 square kilometers and consists of two main islands, Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad is the largest island making up 98% of the country and homes 96% of the population. It is located in the Carribean Sea so it is by water.

The total population of Trinidad and Tobago in July of 2012 is of 1,226,838 people.The birth rate in Trinidad and Tobago is of 14.25/1000 and the death rate is of 8.35/1000. The birth rate is somewhat high, but it is considered normal since 71% of the population is the child-bearing age. Its death rate is fairly normal for a country that was just accepted as an MEDC, because of its health care for both private and public sectors and the fact that there isnt many old people. Trinidad and Tobago is considered a MEDC because of the excellent investment site for international businesses and because it has the highest growth rate and income per capita of all Latin America.

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The ethnic diversity in Trinidad and Tobago is extreme. The main ethnic race observed is the Indian which makes up 40% of the population, africans make up 37.5%, mixed 20.5% and the rest is unspecified. Although the official language is english, other languages like carribean hindustani, french, spanish and chinese. Religion is very diverse as well with over ten different faiths. The most prominent are the Roman Catholic, the Protestant and the Hindu. Their goverment system is the "parliamentary democracy" and their law is the English common law with judicial review of legislative acts of the Supreme Court. The net migration of Trinidad and Tobago is of -6.76/1000 meaning that a lot of people decide to leave their country that making it their home. Since they have a good education people often choose to leave and seek for better opportunites in a more developed country, since theirs has just been recognized.

The infant mortality rate in Trinidad and Tobago is of 26.33/1000 live births. This number is outrageously high considering their decent health care and educated population. The reason this might occur is because babies are being born in a very quick pace and in an uncontrolled manner.



The population growth rate is of -0.86% which means the population is slowly decreasing at a steady pace but no very fast. This might be due the high emmigration rates and the high infant mortality rate. What keeps Trinidad and Tobago in a stabilized rate is the high birth rate thanks to most of their population being in the child-bearing age.

The doubling time for Trinidad and Tobago is 813 years. This number is amazing for a freshly born MEDC but it also means trouble for Trinidad and Tobago when it needs its working force to increase the demand of workers of their international investors all around the globe.

Life expectancy in Trinidad and Tobago isnt so amazing with males living an average of 68 years and females an average of 74 years. It isnt that great, and the only reason it is able to reach those levels is because people dont do much physical labor.

Social and economic changes in Trinidad and Tobago have happened really fast these last years helping the country move from the DTM very quickly. Trinidad and Tobago currently is in the second stage of the DTM (Early Expanding), thank for its ever improving services.



Completed by Gabriel Velasquez 10D

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